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STANLEY Pringle may be the consensus top pick, but Chris Banchero believes he deserves the same stature ahead of the PBA Rookie Draft on Sunday. 

The projected lottery pick showed why on Monday when he topped all five biometric tests in the Draft Combine at the Gatorade Hoops Center in Mandaluyong.

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It wasn’t a fight that will end up on any year-end “Best of” lists, but Ryan Bader’s five-round unanimous decision win over Ovince Saint Preux in the main event of the UFC’s first visit to the state of Maine Saturday night at the Cross Insurance Center might just be the one that pushes Bader over the hump in a career in which he’s previously fallen short in the big fights.

“It was a tough fight, really tough,” Bader, winner of three straight, said. “I had to rely on my takedowns at the end.” Scores were 48-47, and 49-46 twice.

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After a highly-controversial decision loss to Diego Sanchez in his last fight in June, England’s Ross Pearson took the judges out of the equation in his co-main event bout against Gray Maynard, stopping the two-time title challenger in the second round. 

“I’m ready for the best, bring it,” Pearson said. Both lightweights were able to have success with their striking in the opening two minutes of the

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The Philippine national men’s basketball team hung around for nearly two and a half quarters but could not stop an Australian onslaught in the fourth that sealed a 97-75 victory for the FIBA Oceania champions on the second day of the pocket tournament in Antibes, France.

Gilas Pilipinas, like in their game against France, looked like they belonged on the world level before running into some trouble in the fourth quarter, where they were outscored, 24-12.

Naturalized NBA player Andray Blatche impressed with 20 points and 10 rebounds through three quarters but the Gilas center ran out of stream in the final period, where he failed to contribute much to the Philippines’ cause.

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